Elise is a former Communications and Marketing Intern at EMBARQ, where she assisted in researching, coordinating, reviewing, and publishing online content for the EMBARQ.org website and its blog, TheCityFix.com. She also engages EMBARQ’s readership on social media and researches new happenings, initiatives, and trends in the world of sustainable transport.

Prior to joining EMBARQ, Elise interned in the Publications Department of the Middle East Institute, where she assisted in the publication of the Middle East Journal. She also has experience in environmental education and youth development, as an outdoor education assistant and canoe instructor at an urban nature center, as well as a volunteer/mentor in an outdoor program for youth with diabetes.

Elise holds a BA in History and Classical Studies from the College of William and Mary, where she studied Middle Eastern history, archaeology, and ancient languages. She enjoys traveling, climbing, and learning dead languages.

A family navigates the streets of Tehran, Iran’s capital city. Photo by kamshots. Located in central Asia, with the Caspian Sea forming its northern border and the Persian Gulf to the south, Iran has been a crossroads of human civilization ...

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